Bug or intended behavior?

[Steve D'Aprano]

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 03:16 am, Terry Reedy wrote:

>> Personally I prefer a less compact but more explicit alternative:
>> 
>>      "foo {}".format(1-2)
> 
> More compact:
>  >>> f'foo {1-2}'
> 'foo -1'


Also more mysterious and magical, and not backwards compatible.


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actually eval() in disguise!"



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